Tuesday 16 March 2010

Nellie

Straight after I painted the picture of Letting in the Jungle, I drew and painted a very quick sketch of an elephant kicking up a storm .
Sometimes its very liberating as an artist to draw and paint something in half an hour or so. You have no room to do detailed work - and you have to get a sense of "feeling" into the thing.

I know the elephant in Kipling's story was called Hathi - but my girl is a Nellie, another childhood favourite. She was the subject of a song, and I bet people of a certain age are singing now :
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus...

Nellie



5 comments:

  1. Love her, but you are mean making me sing that song!
    Hmm and what certain age are you saying I am??? :d

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  2. Couldn't possibly say , Pam :)
    Apart from over 21, that is :lol:

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  3. Oh I love elephants and that is a lovely painting!

    Many thanks for visiting my blog today :)
    ♥ Rocki

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  4. thank you Rocki :)
    Funny how we see things, isn't it? To me Nellie is a quick painted sketch.. and yet a lovely painting to you. Vive la difference!

    I liked your blog - a lot! I'll be back :)
    xx

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  5. Love the effect you've got in the background Pat.

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